Medium severity · published May 17, 2024
CVE-2024-5042
Submariner-operator: rbac permissions can allow for the spread of node compromises
6.6
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in the Submariner project. Due to unnecessary role-based access control permissions, a privileged attacker can run a malicious container on a node that may allow them to steal service account tokens and further compromise other nodes and potentially the entire cluster.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
RHODF-4.16-RHEL-9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
Affected product
RH
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
Red Hat
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5042
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5042
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4591
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6503
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5042
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280921
github.com
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2rhx-qhxp-5jpw
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